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education is one of the major parts. young people who have a high school education, high school degree have two and a half times longer than those who do not. those with a college degree, even more, and diseases like diabetes and hypertension are more prevalent in those less educated. >> what do you make of all the politics, the pushback on obama care? >> obamacare has become a political football, but it has some really good parts. have the part about insurance reform, but we have efforts like that national prevention strategy, and those parts won't get talked about as much. we are trying to get young people to go into health careers to help solve those problems. let you go, we are going to do a tribute to nelson mandela. we know our presidents resident and former are on their way to south africa for this service. in the 90's you were the recipient of the reward. there is a u.s. recipient. there is a south african recipient. what did it mean to bear such a bears the name of nelson mandela? >> he is such an inspiration. b
education is one of the major parts. young people who have a high school education, high school degree have two and a half times longer than those who do not. those with a college degree, even more, and diseases like diabetes and hypertension are more prevalent in those less educated. >> what do you make of all the politics, the pushback on obama care? >> obamacare has become a political football, but it has some really good parts. have the part about insurance reform, but we have...
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. >>> a bad report card on american education. test scores show american students continue to lag in international rankings. according to results from the program for international student assessment, u.s. teenagers ranked below average in math and near average in reading and science. trailing behind countries like japan and china where students of the same age continue to maintain top scores. can this be fixed and what does this mean for businesses and america's competitiveness. here to discuss this, michelle, former chancellor of the public schools in washington d.c. and the ceo and founder of students first. michelle, we're happy to have you. you're such an education expert. let me start with the first question, can this be fixed? because just about every ceo tyler and i talk to are very worried about u.s. competitiveness and, you know, where will they get top talent in the workplace if our kids in school just aren't doing well? do you think? >> it can absolutely be fixed. i hear the same thing from business folks saying they c
. >>> a bad report card on american education. test scores show american students continue to lag in international rankings. according to results from the program for international student assessment, u.s. teenagers ranked below average in math and near average in reading and science. trailing behind countries like japan and china where students of the same age continue to maintain top scores. can this be fixed and what does this mean for businesses and america's competitiveness. here...
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they basically get the same total compensation when once you control for age, education, time in the work force. so if you just cut an employee's pension benefits without giving them an increase in the salary in any way, they are basically offering them less in total compensation. now, if i'm a young employee choosing where to go in the work force, public or private and i have a certain set of skills, get more money in the private sector -- >> you'll go there. jp thank you very much. appreciate your help tonight. complicated question. jp aubry from boston college. >>> with cold temperatures deliver hot sales for some retailers this year. >>> the calendar says december but an arctic cold front is sending temperatures lower. in california's central valley citrus growers are preparing for below freezing temperatures that is threatening orange, lemon and other crops. they plan to turn on water and circulate air. >>> that same snap of cold weather is making retailers thankful they won't be left out in the cold this holiday shopping season as this wicked winter weather is coming at the rig
they basically get the same total compensation when once you control for age, education, time in the work force. so if you just cut an employee's pension benefits without giving them an increase in the salary in any way, they are basically offering them less in total compensation. now, if i'm a young employee choosing where to go in the work force, public or private and i have a certain set of skills, get more money in the private sector -- >> you'll go there. jp thank you very much....
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he says to move into education, it's hard to consider him working for anyone else, but if he would be willing, he would be a big get. there is always a chance for a christmas miracle. for nightly business report, i'm courtney regan. >>> sears is spinning off the lands end units, speaking of retail and that's where we begin tonight's market focus. they filed with the fcc to establish for the value of land's end but the bored of directors needs to sign off. this is the latest effort to get back on track as it faces mounding losses and declining sales. shares of sears holdings down nearly 4% to $48.09 today. another retailer, j.c. penney facing an inquiry into the finances. regulators investigating the controversial 800 million dollar stock offering this fall. the agency requested information on the liquid did, cash and equity in debt. shares plunged 9% today falling to $8.08. >>> j.c. penney wasn't alone. shares of barnes & noble tumbled today on word it's under investigation by the securities and exchange commission. they are looking into the accounting practices and earnings restateme
he says to move into education, it's hard to consider him working for anyone else, but if he would be willing, he would be a big get. there is always a chance for a christmas miracle. for nightly business report, i'm courtney regan. >>> sears is spinning off the lands end units, speaking of retail and that's where we begin tonight's market focus. they filed with the fcc to establish for the value of land's end but the bored of directors needs to sign off. this is the latest effort to...
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she's 66-year-old margry and a publishing and education company. twitter was criticized for not having any female directors on the all while-male bored. the news came by tweet and she responded with her first tweet saying it's an exciting time in twitter's history. >>> today is the 17th anniversary of alan green span's comment. remember that? it was about sharply rising stock prices. so how much has changed in the march gets since then, and what companies right now may be seeing exuberance in share prices if the bottom line share a different story? dominic chu has more. >> reporter: 17 years ago, two words were forever eached into the history books of financial markets, irrational, exuberance. >> how do we know whennish rational exuberance has unduly escalated which becomes subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions? >> reporter: former federal reserve chairman used the term to characterize the market. things back then were not that different than they are now. sure, the s askand p 500 were closing to 1800 today but evaluations today were clo
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you have a sense of an education. you have a sense of, "oh my goodness. i've known washington has been something i've been disappointed in. but i didn't know it looked like this. i didn't know it had come to all of this just this -- incredible contempt for what they are supposed to be there for." contempt for what their constituents are, i.e., us. >> you say political washington is "an inbred company town where party differences are easily subsumed by membership in the club." and you talked about the club. "the club swells for the night into the ultimate bubble world. they become part of a system that rewards, more than anything a system of self-perpetuation." >> self-perpetuation is a key point in all of this. it is what you're going to -- how you're going to continue. i mean, the original notion of the founders is that a president or a public servant would serve a term, couple years, return to their communities, return to their farm. now the organizing principle of life in washington is how are you going to keep it going? whether it's how you're going t
you have a sense of an education. you have a sense of, "oh my goodness. i've known washington has been something i've been disappointed in. but i didn't know it looked like this. i didn't know it had come to all of this just this -- incredible contempt for what they are supposed to be there for." contempt for what their constituents are, i.e., us. >> you say political washington is "an inbred company town where party differences are easily subsumed by membership in the...
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education fornd every child. allowed for the growth education, overseeing kids in% of the districts they would already be attending. that is a solution. >> inc. you, governor. i am a senior adviser to the education foundation. you imply we know what works, at there seems to be consensus that the weakest link seems to be our secondary schools. the president announced a grant program. many people believe we are no longer meeting the needs of people. >> we have a number of initiatives doing that, including allowing high school atdents to take courses college. in one case: locating schools on college campuses, or inviting them to have courses in the school. think we failed most of the kids in the early years. we just a bigger price in the later years. a child not doing well in third grade, the chances are low through middle school and high school. we have to do a better job there. we have to think about education differently. i think we have a lot of kids who are under challenge and a lot of kids who are over didn'tg
education fornd every child. allowed for the growth education, overseeing kids in% of the districts they would already be attending. that is a solution. >> inc. you, governor. i am a senior adviser to the education foundation. you imply we know what works, at there seems to be consensus that the weakest link seems to be our secondary schools. the president announced a grant program. many people believe we are no longer meeting the needs of people. >> we have a number of initiatives...
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the first issue is education, education, education. that intervention, intervention, intervention. eileen to have the funds for things like conflict resolution in schools and teaching teachers how to see it. we need to teach teachers how to what to do about it. we need to have funds for intervention. some of this is stuff that we can do. some of this is stuff that we have guidance counselors and social workers in schools to enforce. some of this is how kc a how kids see a trusting adult. we have rubber bands. ours is purple and says "see a bully, -- stop a bully." if you confront a bully and tell them to stop, most of the time that will work. we have to educate and we have to confront and we have to actually pay attention to the interventions for both those were bully -- those who are believed and those who bully. to that extent, we need the policy to make that a reality. but if the policies do not happen, it will be worse. we have worked with the administration about this. we are big promoters of the bullying movie. we have worked with the rfk foundation about this we have worked
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the need and amount of developmental and remedial education being required in higher education. the rapid expansion of innovation model and need and enrollment. not to mention the increase scrutiny on student outcomes most notely highlighted by the president's recent proposal to tie student aid to student outcomes at the institutional level. the disparity between the families is quite staggering. when researched most low-income student either do not prepare or attend college because they didn't know or didn't believe that student aid funding would be available to them. in many instance it is showed the lack of knowledge or confidence that funds would be there for them leads low-income students to inned aer have or doesn't match best match their academic preparedness. this is sometimes called undermatching. it would also match up nicely with some of the new innovative learning models that are being introduced prior learning assessment and competency based education program. finally to provide a super foal graduate within four years. student attending college for 15 credit hour pe
the need and amount of developmental and remedial education being required in higher education. the rapid expansion of innovation model and need and enrollment. not to mention the increase scrutiny on student outcomes most notely highlighted by the president's recent proposal to tie student aid to student outcomes at the institutional level. the disparity between the families is quite staggering. when researched most low-income student either do not prepare or attend college because they didn't...
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were here because we recognize that education powers. hi economies and and and an international educational power and national economy on that i know for fact that you would never have a situation like that in shanghai. even the foreskin would never sing in education is the what's the point. it is to motivate the only athlete exactly been cynically many of its percent were going to wrap this up and just ask one final question to me yes or no answer just a year you went to school in shanghai and i live in france if you have kids here if you have kids really wanted them to school came time for france. transit center loss to france because i think in time to reset their recent years with suffering and oppression from family from society from parents. soon i won't. my kid to grow a happy as a kid and not a sound test you have to brew from two years old oh three incident. is it so maybe not not not great memories from doing homework until ten pm right thank you very much at one thanks to you for what you often get a big thanks to all our gues
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we guarantee and education for -- we guarantee and education for every child. they have allowed for the growth of super education, overseeing about 41% of the kids in the greater hartford school district and surrounding school districts they would already be attending. that is a constitutional answer to an educational problem. >> thank you, governor. i am a senior adviser to the education foundation. you opine that we know what works, yet there seems to be a consensus that the weakest link seems to be our secondary schools. the president announced a grant in factthe president announced a program to try to reinvent the american high school. many people believe we are no longer meeting the needs of people. are you trying to reinvent the factory model of schools that go >> i would say yes. we have a number of initiatives doing that, including allowing high school students to take courses at college. co.-locating -- -locating schools on college campuses, or inviting them to have courses in the school. i think we failed most of the kids in the early years. we pay a
we guarantee and education for -- we guarantee and education for every child. they have allowed for the growth of super education, overseeing about 41% of the kids in the greater hartford school district and surrounding school districts they would already be attending. that is a constitutional answer to an educational problem. >> thank you, governor. i am a senior adviser to the education foundation. you opine that we know what works, yet there seems to be a consensus that the weakest...
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education. the senior citizens, persons who are not able to take care of themselves to the extent you and i can take care of ourselves, i would like it if you'd comment on efforts made to help them comment on the efforts to help reestablish schools as quickly as possible. she indicated the number one concern to shelter. this was the case of coors in louisiana after katrina, shelter is a great importance. as well as in sri lanka. i know we have a lot of experience dealing the shelter after these tragic events. i also know what is true about them being in harms way to this very day because the hurricane season -- well, the typhoon season for them, which is the zenith at apex of the month of december. so there may be something else living on the right. their number one need to shelter. if you'd comment on the shelter issue. one additional comment and complement with reference to the ability to move 800,000 people, that is remarkable. it is no small feat in to do this at the limited amount of time s
education. the senior citizens, persons who are not able to take care of themselves to the extent you and i can take care of ourselves, i would like it if you'd comment on efforts made to help them comment on the efforts to help reestablish schools as quickly as possible. she indicated the number one concern to shelter. this was the case of coors in louisiana after katrina, shelter is a great importance. as well as in sri lanka. i know we have a lot of experience dealing the shelter after these...
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what is gender awareness education? >> some educators want to make gender salient in raising student consciousness and reversing if they read a fairy tale they will say sexism and have a fairy tale that reverses that and also the earliest age by making children aware what i think isn't true, want to make formal engenders a social invention. we are all just bore an androgynous and society imposes masculinity and femininity. most people have a gender identity that is feminine or masculine. not all, there are exceptions. as a rule is important, the critical part of your identity if you are a girl or boy and it is not something that is easily changed and there are differences and it is accommodation of biology and culture. we don't know the exact balance, being determined to deny biology is playing a role and feel that you have a gender aware classroom and the teacher is aware she should try to raise and try to make genderless salient. you raised through consciousness about gender while trying to diminish stereotypical expr
what is gender awareness education? >> some educators want to make gender salient in raising student consciousness and reversing if they read a fairy tale they will say sexism and have a fairy tale that reverses that and also the earliest age by making children aware what i think isn't true, want to make formal engenders a social invention. we are all just bore an androgynous and society imposes masculinity and femininity. most people have a gender identity that is feminine or masculine....
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the federal department of special education issued this memo warning schools to stop. her son richard was diagnosed with depression and bipolar condition. >> you are having to prove your child needs what the law says your child needs. >> reporter: she spent years battling and says it wasn't until she filed a lawsuit that richard received help. these battles affect all students when districts have to pay legal fees. the investigative unit analyzed records from the three bay area districts with the most special ed lawsuits. we found oakland unified spent on outside legal fees. san francisco spent about 460,000. compare that to the $25,000 a year it costs on average. the amount spent could have provided services for 83 students. >> i think most of the situations that end up in court are cases that could have been resolved earlier and much cheaper. >> reporter: attorney co founded the disability rights in education defense fund. >> for parents there is an absolute feeling of betrayal. the system is not working the way it is supposed to work. >> it is an emotional issue. >>
the federal department of special education issued this memo warning schools to stop. her son richard was diagnosed with depression and bipolar condition. >> you are having to prove your child needs what the law says your child needs. >> reporter: she spent years battling and says it wasn't until she filed a lawsuit that richard received help. these battles affect all students when districts have to pay legal fees. the investigative unit analyzed records from the three bay area...
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education secretary arne duncan says it points a picture of education stagnation. is the u.s. falling behind or is everyone else getting better? i sat down with candy crowley and christiane amanpour and asked why the u.s. is falling behind. >> what is the problem with education? we keep throwing money at it. the interesting statistics are that the u.s. spends a huge amount of money on education, it doesn't spend as much as other countries which are currently doing better on disadvantaged schools. in other countries doing better in the public education, they spend more money where it is more needed in the disadvantaged. >> a lot of the countries -- >> they spend more. >> they spend more time on the educational system. there has been a big movement to why are the kids out for three months where they forget everything? why are the vacations so long? anyone who had a kid in school said why are they off so long? >> arne duncan says it is education stagnation. falling behind where the rest of the world is up. >> falling behind. >> east asian countries doing well. here's what's so in
education secretary arne duncan says it points a picture of education stagnation. is the u.s. falling behind or is everyone else getting better? i sat down with candy crowley and christiane amanpour and asked why the u.s. is falling behind. >> what is the problem with education? we keep throwing money at it. the interesting statistics are that the u.s. spends a huge amount of money on education, it doesn't spend as much as other countries which are currently doing better on disadvantaged...
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the first issue is education, education, education. intervention, intervention, intervention. have the funds for things like conflict resolution in schools and teaching teachers how to see it. we need to teach teachers what to do about it. we need to have funds for intervention. some of this is stuff that we can do. some of this is stuff that we have guidance counselors and social workers in schools to enforce. some of this is how kids see a trusting adult. we have rubber bands. ours is purple and says "see a bully, stop a bully." if you confront a bully and tell them to stop, most of the time that will work. we have to educate and we have to confront and we have to actually pay attention to the interventions for both those were bully -- those who are believed and those who bully. to that extent, we need the policy to make that a reality. but if the policies do not happen, it will be worse. we have worked with the administration about this. we are big promoters of the bullying movie. we have worked with the rfk foundation about this we have worked of cartoon network, we have d
the first issue is education, education, education. intervention, intervention, intervention. have the funds for things like conflict resolution in schools and teaching teachers how to see it. we need to teach teachers what to do about it. we need to have funds for intervention. some of this is stuff that we can do. some of this is stuff that we have guidance counselors and social workers in schools to enforce. some of this is how kids see a trusting adult. we have rubber bands. ours is purple...
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something similar in higher education. so that based on the fact that somebody is already taking utilizing some state or federal means tested benefit we know they are low-income. showed that for our neediest students their income levels don't change greatly for middle school to high school to college. if you're poor odds are you going to be poor if you go to college. we can identify and notify them early. >> thank you. if your testimony you mentioned your belief that only very low-income students, that was your phrase in your testimony, should receive pell grants. if in fact, the proposal that you significant were in effect then more students what would they do? drop out or not start college or take on more loan debt? what happens to all the students who are currently eligible who wouldn't be eligible under your proposal? they would go a combination of things in order to achieve some kind of higher education. some might choose less costly constitutions. some might take out loan. >> i want to follow up. you mentioned limite
something similar in higher education. so that based on the fact that somebody is already taking utilizing some state or federal means tested benefit we know they are low-income. showed that for our neediest students their income levels don't change greatly for middle school to high school to college. if you're poor odds are you going to be poor if you go to college. we can identify and notify them early. >> thank you. if your testimony you mentioned your belief that only very low-income...
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of a postsecondary education. some have theorized that the increased financial aid, that somehow results in higher tuition and fees and we have increased financial aid to keep up with the whole higher tuition fees. and i would ask that if you believe in that theory, and what your opinions are, why this has outstripped inflation so much over the last several years. >> it is very simple to come to the conclusion and it's frustrating as we pour more of this financial aid into the system, the cost of college increases. the first thing we must look at is the difference of the cost of providing education and the price they pay. the cost of providing education if he went back to the 1980s, it has run fairly parallel with inflation. but if you look at the price that students and families have been paying, it has run more than double the rate of inflation. and the primary driver intuition is not in which it has gone up so much, but it's in that state and local governments have been this investing in higher education in 40
of a postsecondary education. some have theorized that the increased financial aid, that somehow results in higher tuition and fees and we have increased financial aid to keep up with the whole higher tuition fees. and i would ask that if you believe in that theory, and what your opinions are, why this has outstripped inflation so much over the last several years. >> it is very simple to come to the conclusion and it's frustrating as we pour more of this financial aid into the system, the...
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if we just figure out better to educate our poor kids we could reduce the inequality. and the president today acknowledged that may not be enough. >> the outcomes we're having today, the health care, the budget, reforming our financial systems, all of these things will have a practical effect on americans, i am convinced the decisions we make in the next few years, will determine whether or not america will be the country where children can grow up and have opportunities that are real. >> i have seen you talk about your work in education as fundamentally driven towards precisely the kinds of goals the president talks about today. reducing inequality. expanding social mobility. and i wonder what your take is on how much of that can be achieved through education, while we have seen outside the schools such a massively expanding amount of poor people. >> yeah, i think part of the problem that we have in the debate today is that people think that you either have to solve the problem of poverty through social programs or it is all about education. and i actually think that
if we just figure out better to educate our poor kids we could reduce the inequality. and the president today acknowledged that may not be enough. >> the outcomes we're having today, the health care, the budget, reforming our financial systems, all of these things will have a practical effect on americans, i am convinced the decisions we make in the next few years, will determine whether or not america will be the country where children can grow up and have opportunities that are real....
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also in early childhood education and in preschool. by the time a young person from a house that has a very low income, a poor family, by the time they get into kindergarten, first grade, they're way, way, way behind. we have to start. >> i need you to help work with me. the obama administration is starting more economic aid projects in afghanistan than in the history of afghanistan. on the one handled he says we're pulling out. we got $30 billion sitting over there. i cannot get this administration to pay attention to that. >> you and i agreed, this is one thing we do agree on. we need to bring our young men and women home and end this war in afghanistan. >> but they're starting, they're starting more projects than they ever have. $30 billion. you want money to go to the states to help educate kids. pull back that if you saiding, mr. president, and help us get there. you have a bigger mega phone at the white house than i do. >> we have to nation build here and invest in education at home. send our troops home and end this war. there i
also in early childhood education and in preschool. by the time a young person from a house that has a very low income, a poor family, by the time they get into kindergarten, first grade, they're way, way, way behind. we have to start. >> i need you to help work with me. the obama administration is starting more economic aid projects in afghanistan than in the history of afghanistan. on the one handled he says we're pulling out. we got $30 billion sitting over there. i cannot get this...
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that's more than a college education, a year of college education or a car or even many american's income. if you're frugal, $5,000 off on amazon.com. >> all right, thanks, joe. if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us. and be sure to follow us on twitter. that's it for this week's show. thanks for watching. hope to see you right here next week. >>> fox news alert, a powerful winter storm slamming america's midsection. icy roads in texas causing serious problems. one section of i-35 shut down because a major accident and stranding drivers overnight. hundreds of thousands of people and homes, businesses left without power. the icing conditions also canceling and delaying hundreds of flights at dallas-ft. worth airport. dfw slammed, leaving more than 3,000 pass engers with absolutey nowhere to go. in arkansas, the cold weather causing ice to build up on power
that's more than a college education, a year of college education or a car or even many american's income. if you're frugal, $5,000 off on amazon.com. >> all right, thanks, joe. if you have your own hit or miss, send it to us. and be sure to follow us on twitter. that's it for this week's show. thanks for watching. hope to see you right here next week. >>> fox news alert, a powerful winter storm slamming america's midsection. icy roads in texas causing serious problems. one...
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i believe education is a local or state function, not a federal one. sadly, the very label, common core, has come to be associated with things i detest, like agenda-driven curriculum that indoctrine yates instead of educates. i'm coinced the term common core needs to disappear from the lexicon of education policy. it's a toxic term because it's come to mean things that most of us can't stomach. like top-down federal intrusion into the local schools where you live. but common core, as it was designed, had nothing to do with the federal government. it was conceived and controlled by elected governors and state school chiefs to keep federal hands from interfering and its only dealt with two subjects, math and he english, and in thoe two subjects established only state-initiated standards in the stucks and intentionally didn't write or suggest curriculum. it set voluntary goals. voluntary goals. they were controlled by the local school boards. unfortunately the locally controlled and very simple creation of standards in math and english, created so that st
i believe education is a local or state function, not a federal one. sadly, the very label, common core, has come to be associated with things i detest, like agenda-driven curriculum that indoctrine yates instead of educates. i'm coinced the term common core needs to disappear from the lexicon of education policy. it's a toxic term because it's come to mean things that most of us can't stomach. like top-down federal intrusion into the local schools where you live. but common core, as it was...
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in the department of education. later, she wasn't able to do it, the professor did a follow-up and he admitted that it wasn't exactly 81, it was less a matter something like that. but none of that, for some reason, the reporters of the time, including "the washington post", they reported this statistic as true. boys were treated much more respectfully and valuable and they assert themselves and girls are sort of lacking balance. that is exactly the opposite was true. a typical classroom, the boys are often sitting in the back to spring the known cause on them and it's true that they may get more attention in some cases, but more careful research shows that it's negative attention at times because boys are more unruly and so the teacher will say, who do you think is the president of france and that is because john is not listening. so they are more recognized, the more positive engagements, those that have positive engagements. those are rare. and we feel that they have the right to express their opinions and if the
in the department of education. later, she wasn't able to do it, the professor did a follow-up and he admitted that it wasn't exactly 81, it was less a matter something like that. but none of that, for some reason, the reporters of the time, including "the washington post", they reported this statistic as true. boys were treated much more respectfully and valuable and they assert themselves and girls are sort of lacking balance. that is exactly the opposite was true. a typical...
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investments in in education. laws establishing collective bargaining and a minimum wage. [ applause ] >> these all contributed to rising standards of living for massive numbers of americans. likewise when previous generations declared that every citizen of this country deserved a basic measure of security, the floor through which they could not fall, we helped millions of americans live in dignity and gave millions more the confidence to aspire to something better by taking a risk on a great idea. and without social security nearly half of seniors would be living in poverty. half. today fewer than one in ten do. before medicare, only half of all seniors had some form of health insurance. today virtually all do. and because we have strengthened that safety net and expanded prowork and pro family initiatives the poverty rate has fallen like 40% since the 1960s. and this reaffirmed that we are a great country. so we can make a difference on this. in fact that's our generation's task to rebuild america's economic and
investments in in education. laws establishing collective bargaining and a minimum wage. [ applause ] >> these all contributed to rising standards of living for massive numbers of americans. likewise when previous generations declared that every citizen of this country deserved a basic measure of security, the floor through which they could not fall, we helped millions of americans live in dignity and gave millions more the confidence to aspire to something better by taking a risk on a...
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education is no longer in question in reading the new york times writes hong kong and russia are top well finland's first and numeracy the most highly valued skill in the workforce to america's not just lugging book quote dead last and by a long way in the truth these beats into last place by italy in problem solving is told by every single phones industrialized country the new york times rise while of almost quote nation building in afghanistan funding new schools and teachers all across america school budgets are being cut and teachers fired while spending has more than doubled since nine eleven going to places like afghanistan iraq and now al qaeda in syria pentagon claims it takes just five percent of your tax but economics professor yoga discovered expenditures from military debt repayment to veterans affairs nuclear weapons and many many other direct will cost the taxpayers all knowingly paying for profound an astonishing sixty eight cents of your every tax dollar now goes on for a bull's educational. a new generation of americans gets five first appeared to cruise next coals o
education is no longer in question in reading the new york times writes hong kong and russia are top well finland's first and numeracy the most highly valued skill in the workforce to america's not just lugging book quote dead last and by a long way in the truth these beats into last place by italy in problem solving is told by every single phones industrialized country the new york times rise while of almost quote nation building in afghanistan funding new schools and teachers all across...
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the education you get in catholic schools, generally speaking, is much better than the education you get in public schools. yet, catholic school teachers make less money. >> right. >> because they're not unionized. in d.c., when they had the voucher system, where did all the poor people go? catholic school. that's where they ran into. why? because there is discipline in a catholic school. >> right. >> there's standards in the catholic school. you can't curse at the teacher in a catholic school. you can't create pandemonium in that school. but you can in the public school. last word. >> well, you know, my generation out west, we had a uniform, a t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, and just about everybody wore it. not a big problem. this crazy idea that we have to somehow bow down to unions, a public employee union, and give away the control of an educational system that's been the treasure of the world is to me mindless. >> we spend more money than any other country on earth on education, and obviously, the kids' test scores can't compete with south korea and other countries. >> absolu
the education you get in catholic schools, generally speaking, is much better than the education you get in public schools. yet, catholic school teachers make less money. >> right. >> because they're not unionized. in d.c., when they had the voucher system, where did all the poor people go? catholic school. that's where they ran into. why? because there is discipline in a catholic school. >> right. >> there's standards in the catholic school. you can't curse at the...
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will set us free then do we have to pay for education. because it is not for in any regard we're really mortgaging the future of those students the other thing it is when we talk about. the opportunity for social assets it really has to do with. understanding and being a participant and in trouble to your community and in that community what we really do is solve problems at a very low level and without community we struggle mightily so an example of that is i have a flat tire and i can't get home to get to meet the school. if i have a community that works well there's somebody i can call who can do that so that my child is not. changer and that my child is not worried but that has been lost and we have lost the integration of community really because we put everybody in america that's able to work and and so now we don't even know our neighbors enough to borrow a cup of sugar. the loss of community assets so in new mexico new mexico has one of the worst situations with poverty the united states we do we do we are. forty seven forty eight
will set us free then do we have to pay for education. because it is not for in any regard we're really mortgaging the future of those students the other thing it is when we talk about. the opportunity for social assets it really has to do with. understanding and being a participant and in trouble to your community and in that community what we really do is solve problems at a very low level and without community we struggle mightily so an example of that is i have a flat tire and i can't get...
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not by educators. they were very, very quickly put in place. they were done with a backward design saying what would you like kids to do in a senior year of high school. kids don't grow backwards, they grow forward. so you have unusual standards. if you look at the literature in development, a lot of four and five-year-olds can't do that yet. that put a tremendous amount of pressure on teachers to teach to the test, then when you start to evaluate teachers by the test, and they start losing their jobs, it becomes a real lethal mix. >> let me ask you and our audience to stay put because we're going to talk more about common core when we return. [ female announcer ] it's a grand gesture that isn't the least bit over thtop. it's thoughtful, considerate, well-planned. it's the best gift ever. nothing says "happy holidays" like the photos y love. create your personalized photo gifts on shutterfly.com. ♪ ♪ ♪ verizon now has the gifts everyone wants. samsung galaxy tab 2 is now $99.99. plus, ask about our tablet trade-in offer. and i had like th
not by educators. they were very, very quickly put in place. they were done with a backward design saying what would you like kids to do in a senior year of high school. kids don't grow backwards, they grow forward. so you have unusual standards. if you look at the literature in development, a lot of four and five-year-olds can't do that yet. that put a tremendous amount of pressure on teachers to teach to the test, then when you start to evaluate teachers by the test, and they start losing...
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there's a huge problem and huge opportunity for education around drug use so we provide informational cards on tobacco and competentlycy and aid and cocaine and so on. there are cards that are non-bias we try to have a - be - not to be advocates. we don't advocate for use we don't believe in that we don't advocate against non-use because that's not helping. in addition, we try to provide means so that people can take the knowledge that we provide and apply that to that end we provide safer smoert devices for blood path begins and field tests for substances. that's a powerful tool across the nation. one of the problems about night life community people are being sold drugs that are not safe. in new york there was at a large festivity several people died due to 0 substances that were a combination of meth lesson and d m a. we can help provide some knowledge of what people are ingesting. i've seen people have things they died not to take and anytime that happens that's potentially an ambulance ride from that at the worse a death. so i see - those are some of the areas of harm reduction w
there's a huge problem and huge opportunity for education around drug use so we provide informational cards on tobacco and competentlycy and aid and cocaine and so on. there are cards that are non-bias we try to have a - be - not to be advocates. we don't advocate for use we don't believe in that we don't advocate against non-use because that's not helping. in addition, we try to provide means so that people can take the knowledge that we provide and apply that to that end we provide safer...
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you picked the passion, education. this wonderful line is when you were in high school, a tough neighborhood in north phillie, where we grew up, irish somehow, black, and very tough, and it's a tough rundown neighborhood, the whole place, and you were talking to the kids, african-american kids there, wondering why you are the highest paid writer in the world, you tried to get their interest, right way to do it, i think. i'm more me than they are them. explain that about your success as a writer that you're more yourself than most people are themselves, or at least you delve deeper into what that is and how that took you to education as a passion. >> some of them were excited, some were not, trying to be provocative, so i said something provocative. i said, word for word, i'm the highest paid writer in the world, and they sat up. okay. all the teachers in the back stood up too. i said, why is that? how do you think that happened? they said, luck? yes, that's possible, luck's involved for sure, and they said, you know so
you picked the passion, education. this wonderful line is when you were in high school, a tough neighborhood in north phillie, where we grew up, irish somehow, black, and very tough, and it's a tough rundown neighborhood, the whole place, and you were talking to the kids, african-american kids there, wondering why you are the highest paid writer in the world, you tried to get their interest, right way to do it, i think. i'm more me than they are them. explain that about your success as a writer...
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we need to educate our educators. my granddaughter talked about the challenge we had during a federal indian holiday. it was - you know, i hesitate here but i want to do this. you know, do you know when american indians were granted citizenship to this country. 18924. that's not been it's ridiculous. that goes back to the point of columbus dloefr american here in the bay area. alcatraz. 1972 couldn't knee. i get it my time is running out. but all those things about hollywood images we need to establish a location to build what we need for your community to educate our students and educate the educators. you want to tub diversity we need to show that by example and we ask for your support. thank you. >> good evening members. i'm georgia williams. i was a student who bend from interest program that were i have two children that are in the program. i want to emphasize the importance of findings a location. we've been uprooted and had to restart over. it's been frustrating and disheartening to have our materials boxed up
we need to educate our educators. my granddaughter talked about the challenge we had during a federal indian holiday. it was - you know, i hesitate here but i want to do this. you know, do you know when american indians were granted citizenship to this country. 18924. that's not been it's ridiculous. that goes back to the point of columbus dloefr american here in the bay area. alcatraz. 1972 couldn't knee. i get it my time is running out. but all those things about hollywood images we need to...
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public schools from kindergarten to higher education. there are thousand of new deal schools built within less than ten years. many have art work in or on them. this is berkeley high school. you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. the schools are always telling you that public education can make you better. it should be free. now, public education was fortunatate in california. just in time for them to move in. they build hundreds of schools. seismically safe schools. when you enter it, you go under a copper marquee. enter to learn. we are all this in together. the public service is a noble thing. this is a san francisco school that might be attractive to so eyes. it was a fire trap. they tore these down and replaced them. george washington. hollywood high school. they have english, latin and greek. this is a middle school in long beach. it wasn't centralized authority. they chose the architects. the main constraint is there had to be an engineer on site. there there is berkeley. and piedmont avenue in oakland. this i
public schools from kindergarten to higher education. there are thousand of new deal schools built within less than ten years. many have art work in or on them. this is berkeley high school. you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. the schools are always telling you that public education can make you better. it should be free. now, public education was fortunatate in california. just in time for them to move in. they build hundreds of schools. seismically safe schools. when...
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the boost in the books have come from the education xhisht program called peace. there are 1 hundred and 3 lavrnz in san francisco schools while many across the state are cutting their librarians we're adding. the community is asked to share in the peace meeting. there's two more meetings including one at chinatown north beach at the 9 so 50 clay street and the final community meeting will be in the mission control area 8925 shot well street from 6 to 9:00 p.m. we encourage all our families to come out and have their voice heard as we look at renewing peace. as a point of personal privilege i think this would be sad to not recognition a recent retired director ms. claudia in helping to restore our initiate in san francisco. i hope our you're on vacation somewhere but thank you 80 from all of us and that golden globe has your name written it it as well. so thank you. >> oh, wait. scott don't leave >> don't leave. >> we're on item c which is actually, the real item. i think superintendant gaga restraining order has a few things to say that i congratulations everybod
the boost in the books have come from the education xhisht program called peace. there are 1 hundred and 3 lavrnz in san francisco schools while many across the state are cutting their librarians we're adding. the community is asked to share in the peace meeting. there's two more meetings including one at chinatown north beach at the 9 so 50 clay street and the final community meeting will be in the mission control area 8925 shot well street from 6 to 9:00 p.m. we encourage all our families to...
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will set us free then do we have to pay for education. because it is not for in any regard we're really mortgaging the future of those students the other thing it is when we talk about. the opportunity for social assets it really has to do with. understanding and being a participant and in trouble to your community and in that community what we really do is solve problems at a very low level and without community we struggle mightily so an example of that is i have a flat tire and i can't get home to get to meet the school. if i have a community that works well there's somebody i can call who can do that so that my child is not in danger and that my child is not worried but that has been lost and we have lost the integration of. community really because we put everybody in america that's able to work and and so now we don't even know our neighbors enough to borrow a cup of sugar. yeah the loss of community as it's so in new mexico new mexico has one of the worst situations with poverty the united states we do we do we are. forty seven for
will set us free then do we have to pay for education. because it is not for in any regard we're really mortgaging the future of those students the other thing it is when we talk about. the opportunity for social assets it really has to do with. understanding and being a participant and in trouble to your community and in that community what we really do is solve problems at a very low level and without community we struggle mightily so an example of that is i have a flat tire and i can't get...
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it's not about education. education is where you see how we are express itself in this anxiety over how we do with the rest of the country. >> but you're also saying these kwauts are happening inside of the society and the people getting the best educations are the ones reaping the most gains from the economy. >> yeah, i raid this thing earlier today on a blog that i never read. she was like look, the american economy is still the biggest in the world, why are we worrying about this. because it's not big for the same reasons or for the same input it used to be. so we had a conversation about 1% of the american people controlling the vast majority of the income. >> education doesn't -- that's the thing, we have these political systems and economic systems that is deeply inadequate, and yet the proposed solutions to that problem come from the same ideology that created that very problem. we're not going to get out of this mess by repeating the same testing and market driven schemes that wrote the rest of the eco
it's not about education. education is where you see how we are express itself in this anxiety over how we do with the rest of the country. >> but you're also saying these kwauts are happening inside of the society and the people getting the best educations are the ones reaping the most gains from the economy. >> yeah, i raid this thing earlier today on a blog that i never read. she was like look, the american economy is still the biggest in the world, why are we worrying about...
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hey, we need immigration reform because we need the education in the u.s. and by the way, those reforms is going to have a - the why then the how. i'm helping march for innovation. it's an online movement that is making it easy to help people to do action. you go on facebook and wherever it's time to take action you can send a tweet to your congress men and women and try to convince your friends to do the same. you sign up and you'll get instructions from the e-mail. i honestly don't know people in north american. i promise - back in the day when the law - by the way, who remembers what soap is. many websites replaced the website with some kind of black and white frame. we feel we really have a model of activity we should - i'm going to tell everybody that 1, 2, and 3 to support the immigration reform. we're going to have access or the chances of services like voices 1, 2, and 3 is going to be much lower. i want to see the business owners follow suit. by the way, my wife and daughter are here and my daughter has the march t-shirt >> thank you for the practi
hey, we need immigration reform because we need the education in the u.s. and by the way, those reforms is going to have a - the why then the how. i'm helping march for innovation. it's an online movement that is making it easy to help people to do action. you go on facebook and wherever it's time to take action you can send a tweet to your congress men and women and try to convince your friends to do the same. you sign up and you'll get instructions from the e-mail. i honestly don't know...
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funding for education. in technology and i mentioned direct in the holding room, one of the thicks that amazes me about education and government in general and if you look at other rollout of obamacare, you understand that our underinvestment in technology in many cases cripples us. as we move toward common core. i was not one of the founders of the cob accept. but i will tell you this. i embrace it more more importantly my embraces of it. 72 fortunate of teachers embrace it. really only about 12% reject it. the teachers that studied it and thought about it and doing the preparatory work over the last intervening year since 2010 are getting it. and do believe that concentrating on fewer thing but going deeper concentrating on critical thinking is the right way go. i have to say additionally on this you have a legislative battle. you have a new legislative package. you have a new common core. you have a new evaluation system. indian people think they are drinking out of a fire host in connecticut. it's not e
funding for education. in technology and i mentioned direct in the holding room, one of the thicks that amazes me about education and government in general and if you look at other rollout of obamacare, you understand that our underinvestment in technology in many cases cripples us. as we move toward common core. i was not one of the founders of the cob accept. but i will tell you this. i embrace it more more importantly my embraces of it. 72 fortunate of teachers embrace it. really only about...
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some will not pursue higher education. are a number of students are academically prepared to go to four-year institutions while under much down to two-year areitutions where they substantially less likely to complete. in doing with the long-term i think this is appropriate and targeted spending reductions in areas that are not linked to needy students are directly. and pursues a ribbon. i have listed a host of offset options in my testimony. i will just throw out one with respect to targeted spending reduction. student leaves higher education before the term is up, they are responsible for turning the financial aid they received. right now the roles of very loose. the school gets to keep 100% of the money. if a student drops out and does not notify the school when they're dropping out, the school gives to assume the student was their 50% of the time and keep 50% of the money. if you tidings of the return of our rules, it could be saved. and never these are on the revenue side in terms of increasing revenue. the third messa
some will not pursue higher education. are a number of students are academically prepared to go to four-year institutions while under much down to two-year areitutions where they substantially less likely to complete. in doing with the long-term i think this is appropriate and targeted spending reductions in areas that are not linked to needy students are directly. and pursues a ribbon. i have listed a host of offset options in my testimony. i will just throw out one with respect to targeted...
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we are focusing on education. we are focusing on trying to make a healthier system more amenable to the people versus the big government run, cost too much, too complicated. it's not working. we all know that. it is about the kitchen table issues. when i sit with my husband, we talk about it at the kitchen table. we talk about paying for college. my husband talks about his business and regulations and we taxes and talk about our children being able to get a college.et out of what kind of job? are they going to stay in oklahoma? will they have to move somewhere better paying job? it's about paying bills, making house payments. the issues, not taking care of our health. he families might have a problem with substance abuse or mental illness. talking about the things that family in a and something that people can relate to. >> you talk about americans scared.rvous and being byron, they are. it seems like for a long time, stopped talking about the bush tax cuts. the rich are getting richer and poorer. are getter barac
we are focusing on education. we are focusing on trying to make a healthier system more amenable to the people versus the big government run, cost too much, too complicated. it's not working. we all know that. it is about the kitchen table issues. when i sit with my husband, we talk about it at the kitchen table. we talk about paying for college. my husband talks about his business and regulations and we taxes and talk about our children being able to get a college.et out of what kind of job?...
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we're actually adding funds to education, particularly to fund our education initiatives. and we're concentrating much of that additional money on the lowest performing school districts in the state of connecticut. in point of fact, the 30 lowest performing school districts are getting the bulk of the additional monies under terms that they're not used to. it's by agreement on how that money's going to be spent. it's making sure that additional dollars will drive additional achievement in those low performing districts. i'm also fond of saying that this is very much about changing our habits. so when we sat down and looked at all of our school districts and then looked at those low performing districts, in almost every one of those low performing school districts there was at least one outstanding school. and several of them, several outstanding schools. but what you find is we're more likely to repeat our failures than we are our successes. or to put it a different way, we're more likely to explain away our successes as a way of, i suppose, adding some psychological suppo
we're actually adding funds to education, particularly to fund our education initiatives. and we're concentrating much of that additional money on the lowest performing school districts in the state of connecticut. in point of fact, the 30 lowest performing school districts are getting the bulk of the additional monies under terms that they're not used to. it's by agreement on how that money's going to be spent. it's making sure that additional dollars will drive additional achievement in those...
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there is access to education. almost two thirds of students in tertiary institutions. women are making shelves across all sectors including the governments. yes yes it's a duck to walk on sunday in bahrain even hold office at the highest level. that's not just for show. we also close to our own agendas. when our state leaders want it that way but some of the day. but the non the less problems with discrimination in bahrain. for example she'll win and didn't enjoy the same rights as sony women. rapists can escape punishment by mapping the victims. women also at a disadvantage on some major citizenship issues regency and creamy. i dislike him. according to the law children born to a pomeranian woman married to a foreigner. no right to bar a nice message. and that's mary ann johnston in size in the constitution that all people are equal before the law in unison and then working with the snow for a moment. finds his injustice unacceptable. she says the quantity promised by the rule has to be put into effect in all areas it. when asked if he only needs to become a country g
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i want to go back to education. one of the great challenges is education. our numbers have fallen behind so many countries right now. we have a class that has been protecting the status quo now despite the talk of education reform and protecting the status quo for decades now. we have got to go in and radically reform education into the poorest parts of the country. the special interest groups who had this iron-like grip on public education, they have got to loosen that grip and we need to start taking radical experiments and doing what they are doing in new orleans. it's giving poor parents the same opportunity that rich parents have. that's all we are asking for. give the poorest parents the same opportunities that the richest parents have and let them choose. let them decide what school is best for their child. it seems like such a simple approach yet my god, the special interests go crazy when you do that. >> it's not like there not great ideas. we talk to them every week and there pockets of people doing incredible things. there is a school called the
i want to go back to education. one of the great challenges is education. our numbers have fallen behind so many countries right now. we have a class that has been protecting the status quo now despite the talk of education reform and protecting the status quo for decades now. we have got to go in and radically reform education into the poorest parts of the country. the special interest groups who had this iron-like grip on public education, they have got to loosen that grip and we need to...